Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 09:19:55 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky <oceanare@pacific.net.sg> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CC swiper / Cash machine Message-ID: <3F8DF23B.4050806@pacific.net.sg> In-Reply-To: <1066263659.72566.4.camel@boxster.onthenet.com.au> References: <20031015212442.GA46578@stone.locallink.net> <20031015143929.G50164@skutsje.san.webweaving.org> <1066263659.72566.4.camel@boxster.onthenet.com.au>
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Hi, take a look at the web-site of Schlumberger. They do machines like this. All the documentation needed should be there. There is even a standard behind. Most machines follow this standard. Only the fields vary. Yes, most machines are connected via RS232. The protocol is pretty easy to do. Erich Q wrote: > Interesting, documentation availability must depend on who you talk to, > or what country you live in. I too have been trying to source the > programming doco for an eftpos pinpad recently (an Ingenico device), and > it has so far been mostly fruitless. > > Do you have any documentation for a similar device that you can forward > to me that might give me an idea of what such a protocol would normally > look like. > > Seeya...Q > > On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 07:40, Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote: > > >>On Wed, 15 Oct 2003, Keith Pitcher wrote: >> >> >>>Anyone ever used FreeBSD to talk to a CC swipe machine and / or a cash >>>machine? >> >>A fair number of them (in fact most) are serial ports (though you may need >>RS232/432 volt/current conversion) devices which are very easy to talk to. >>Just think 'modem'. Kind off. Documentation is generally excelent. >> >>Dw. >>_______________________________________________ >>freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list >>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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